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Tough template question open/new
(Word 2003 on Win XP) Hello! I have been trying to find a way to get my
shortcut menu to work in FileOpen. I am trying to open a NEW file from a template as "Document #" as it has for years. Now, however, the default in my shortcut menu is SELECT which only opens the template itself and choosing anything from the shortcut menu gives me an error message that the dialog box is open. The choices from the Open button do not include New...the closest thing is open as read only - which is kind of a mess ("document.dot (read-only)"). How can I A.) open a new doc from a template that is not in my FileNewtemplates folder (locations need to stay where they are), OR B.) change the default on my shortcut menu to NEW so a double-click will work, OR C.) Get my shortcut menu to function as it should? Please, any help you can give is appreciated, I have looked everywhere else I know to look for an answer. Thanks! |
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Start keeping your templates in templates folders. For more on the different
kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "V-ger" wrote in message ... (Word 2003 on Win XP) Hello! I have been trying to find a way to get my shortcut menu to work in FileOpen. I am trying to open a NEW file from a template as "Document #" as it has for years. Now, however, the default in my shortcut menu is SELECT which only opens the template itself and choosing anything from the shortcut menu gives me an error message that the dialog box is open. The choices from the Open button do not include New...the closest thing is open as read only - which is kind of a mess ("document.dot (read-only)"). How can I A.) open a new doc from a template that is not in my FileNewtemplates folder (locations need to stay where they are), OR B.) change the default on my shortcut menu to NEW so a double-click will work, OR C.) Get my shortcut menu to function as it should? Please, any help you can give is appreciated, I have looked everywhere else I know to look for an answer. Thanks! |
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So you don't have any idea how to help with above without moving templates -
because these templates cannot be moved (long explanation)? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Start keeping your templates in templates folders. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "V-ger" wrote in message ... (Word 2003 on Win XP) Hello! I have been trying to find a way to get my shortcut menu to work in FileOpen. I am trying to open a NEW file from a template as "Document #" as it has for years. Now, however, the default in my shortcut menu is SELECT which only opens the template itself and choosing anything from the shortcut menu gives me an error message that the dialog box is open. The choices from the Open button do not include New...the closest thing is open as read only - which is kind of a mess ("document.dot (read-only)"). How can I A.) open a new doc from a template that is not in my FileNewtemplates folder (locations need to stay where they are), OR B.) change the default on my shortcut menu to NEW so a double-click will work, OR C.) Get my shortcut menu to function as it should? Please, any help you can give is appreciated, I have looked everywhere else I know to look for an answer. Thanks! |
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My advice is to use Word the way it was built to be used. This is sort of
like the advice to use a screw driver for turning screws and a hammer for pounding nails. You are storing your templates in a location that Word finds difficult and you are unhappy with the result. You keep hammering screws and don't like your wood splintered. I'm sorry, that is how it is. When templates are stored in templates folders, they work very well. You don't need to use the File Open dialog to access them. There are a number of other ways to get new documents from templates. Most require vba but not all. You may want to take a look at http://www.addbalance.com/word/templatesmenu.htm. By the way, I am not someone working for Microsoft. They don't usually read these posts or respond to them. I'm someone who has healed injuries from trying to get Word to work the way I want it to work rather than learning to use it the way it is designed. I'm trying to spare you those injuries but the choice, finally, is yours. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "V-ger" wrote in message ... So you don't have any idea how to help with above without moving templates - because these templates cannot be moved (long explanation)? "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Start keeping your templates in templates folders. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "V-ger" wrote in message ... (Word 2003 on Win XP) Hello! I have been trying to find a way to get my shortcut menu to work in FileOpen. I am trying to open a NEW file from a template as "Document #" as it has for years. Now, however, the default in my shortcut menu is SELECT which only opens the template itself and choosing anything from the shortcut menu gives me an error message that the dialog box is open. The choices from the Open button do not include New...the closest thing is open as read only - which is kind of a mess ("document.dot (read-only)"). How can I A.) open a new doc from a template that is not in my FileNewtemplates folder (locations need to stay where they are), OR B.) change the default on my shortcut menu to NEW so a double-click will work, OR C.) Get my shortcut menu to function as it should? Please, any help you can give is appreciated, I have looked everywhere else I know to look for an answer. Thanks! |
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